Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Joan Kluger has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Delaware office. Kluger comes from Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, where she served as co-chair of the Intellectual Property Group and managing partner of the firm’s Delaware office. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Justice Henry duPont Ridgely, who retired on January 31, 2015 from the Delaware Supreme Court, will join the firm effective March 16, 2015. He will be a member of the firm’s Corporate and Litigation practices, based in the Wilmington, Delaware office.

Justice Ridgely has a distinguished record of more than 30 years of service on the Delaware bench. Before his tenure of more than a decade on the Delaware Supreme Court, Justice Ridgely was a judge on Delaware’s Superior Court for 20 years, including 14 years as President Judge with a full caseload and statewide responsibility for the court’s budget and personnel. During that period, the Delaware courts earned a number one ranking from the United States Chamber of Commerce, which Delaware has maintained for more than ten years. More >>

McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, is pleased to announce that has opened its eleventh office in Wilmington, NC. More >>

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that the firm has opened a new office in Wilmington, Delaware. The Wilmington office will focus on key Delaware practices, including corporate law, corporate governance counseling, special committees, internal investigations, and litigation relating to mergers and acquisitions, governance, and securities matters. More >>